Thursday, July 06, 2006
Community Day in Sydney
7/5/06
The community day at the SOP consisted of an afternoon barbecue (which was tastefully called a “Sausage Sizzle”) followed by a long ceremony to honor the 11 Israeli athletes, coaches, and judges who were killed in Munich during the 20th Olympiad in 1972. The ceremony was appropriately held at the pillar commemorating those games; each summer Olympiad until 2000 is memorialized with a special pillar that is also used as a solar panel for energy at the SOP.
The best part of the community day – besides having a majority of the athletes together for an afternoon where little competition was held – was the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron. This is one of the few times it has been lit since the Olympics in 2000 and the first time by a non-Olympic organization. Pictures will come; I just need to download them from my camera.
We ended the day with a pub night at Cargo Bar, which is on the wharf at Darling Harbour.
Tomorrow is the trio competition. If we can get ourselves into the right frame of mind, Josh, David, and I have a good shot at medaling.
The community day at the SOP consisted of an afternoon barbecue (which was tastefully called a “Sausage Sizzle”) followed by a long ceremony to honor the 11 Israeli athletes, coaches, and judges who were killed in Munich during the 20th Olympiad in 1972. The ceremony was appropriately held at the pillar commemorating those games; each summer Olympiad until 2000 is memorialized with a special pillar that is also used as a solar panel for energy at the SOP.
The best part of the community day – besides having a majority of the athletes together for an afternoon where little competition was held – was the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron. This is one of the few times it has been lit since the Olympics in 2000 and the first time by a non-Olympic organization. Pictures will come; I just need to download them from my camera.
We ended the day with a pub night at Cargo Bar, which is on the wharf at Darling Harbour.
Tomorrow is the trio competition. If we can get ourselves into the right frame of mind, Josh, David, and I have a good shot at medaling.
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